Grants and Contributions

This project aims to build capacity and position individuals, organizations, and the broader sector for long term success by identifying challenges and opportunities and developing solutions. The project aims to address significant changes impacting agriculture and food through policy-relevant analysis to build capacity and share knowledge to develop and advance policy recommendations to meet the challenges and opportunities facing the Canadian agri-food sector.

This project aims to continue to increase awareness and public trust in the agriculture sector and bridge the urban/rural divide providing learning opportunities on how food gets from farm to table. The project will deliver educational information at a national agricultural fair, and showcase the importance of Canadian and Indigenous agriculture. In addition, it will introduce youth to potential careers in the agriculture and agri-food sector, with a goal of making the next generation aware of the important role that agriculture plays in Canada.

This project aims to accelerate the transition to sustainable and regenerative agriculture across the country by building multi-stakeholder supply chain collaborations and knowledge-sharing networks and events.

This project aims to support educational programming at the CNE Farm during the 2026 and 2027 seasons of the Canadian National Exhibition.

This project aims to identify the performance criteria currently being used by management advisors across Canada. This first step will require the administration of surveys in different provinces. The second step will be to assess the discrepancies between current approaches, based mainly on productivity criteria, and the recommendations arising from the first phase of the project, namely, the use of economic efficiency criteria.

This project aims to strengthen sector capacity, drive youth engagement and inclusion, and ensure equitable educational access for rural, remote, and French-speaking communities across Canada through their bilingual service streams—Mission Explorium, The Great Canadian Farm Tour, Canadian Agriculture Literacy Month (CALM), the Young Growers Learning Initiative, Expanding Access to Agriculture and Food Education Resources, and thinkAg.

This project aims to build farmer capacity by making on-farm benchmarking a standard management tool and expanding farmer-led Communities of Practice. They aim to equip producers with practical resources, peer networks, and leadership training to improve soil health, business resilience, and data-driven decision making—empowering them to meet rising environmental, economic, and market demands.

This project aims to maintain the educational programs at The Royal, an annual event for showcasing excellence in Canadian agriculture and agri-food and connecting consumers to agri-food producers and industries. The Royal is a place where urban communities can get up close to farm animals and speak to farmers and producers to learn how their food is grown, produced and brought to market.

This project aims to showcase outstanding young farmers (18-39 years) from across Canada who reflect excellence in agriculture leadership, farm management and sustainable agriculture practices. Regional and national recognition events will be held to provide producers from across Canada with the opportunity to network, engage in mentorship, & share best practices. The project will share the news of Canadian agriculture excellence across Canada through networking, outreach and various social media tools.

This project aims to build public trust in Canadian food and farming by creating and sharing content that is relevant and resonates with consumers, in written and video formats, across the Canadian Food Focus website and social media channels.